To answer this question, imagine yourself in a situation where you just lost your job. The number of available jobs in your field is very scarce and finding a job is essential to you being able to support yourself. You show up to a job interview with a company just opening up in center city Philadelphia and find that there are 100 applicants there to fill the same position that you are going for. Imagine your sense of competitiveness for that position and your willingness to do whatever it takes to get that job, because if not, you may not be able to buy food the next week or pay your rent....

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When a church grows the apparent would be that the church building grows with it, right? Well in some cases I believe this would be the best for the church, but in others all you need to do is reorganize things and continue on until you are in need a new facility. However when a church does need a...

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Another incentive to taking an industrial job was that this type of employment was like a man's job, for a man's pay. Industrial jobs were also not as difficult as domestic work, which appealed to women. ... The caption above her picture reads, "We can do it", or "Do the job he left behind". ... The truth was that industrial jobs paid higher than other jobs for women such as retail, or secretarial positions (Gluck 110). ... Basically these women were willing to do everything in their power to keep the job they loved. ...

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Living at home with my mom meant I was in charge of paying my car payment and that was it. ... In my mind going to college meant that I needed to be on my own and pay my own bills. ... I mean how hard can it be to pay rent and a car payment? ... Finding the time to complete everything that had to be done was a job in itself. ... Working two jobs was always part of my mom's life so she wasn't home a whole lot, and when she was it would usually be late in the evening. ...

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He was the typical red-blooded American man who earned a large salary at a white-collar job. ... Today's economy and standard of living has changed from that of the old and to expect everyone to be able to support a family with one job is unrealistic. There is a price to pay for be both a financial supporter as well as the family man. ... Men loose a sense of self worth when they set out to make a decent living for their family and fail because they cannot find a job that pays enough money. ... Women who show the same aggression that men show are considered "the bitch" and if a woman ...

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At one point our money problem was so bad that we could not pay our bills on time. ... My older brother got a job at Sonic as a cook. My older sister started doing babysitting jobs. ... Since all the money was going towards paying the bills this meant that Steve had no money for his drugs. ... He even has a real job now. ...

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This campaign was created because when men left for war, there were many jobs that needed to be filled. ... Another incentive to taking an industrial job was that this type of employment was like a man's job, for a man's pay. Industrial jobs were also not as difficult as domestic work, which appealed to women. ... The truth was that industrial jobs paid higher than other jobs for women such as retail, or secretarial positions (Gluck 110). ... Basically these women were willing to do everything in their power to keep the job they loved. ...

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In the book Ashes of Roses, it was not common for women to get high paying jobs and earn a lot of money. Elsa believed that Rose would not find a job because she was a child and a girl. ... This was true because jobs for girls were very scarce and the ones that were available treated workers differently because of their gender. When Rose was able to find a job, she was given opportunities at places where women were subjected to being judged. ... For example, in the book, he had invited her to come to his shop at nighttime and get her pay, but things didn't go as expected. ...

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My job is not quite a good place to be, I have never liked the jobs I had in the past, and present. But honestly, I like to spend time at my job, this is because of how I was raised. ... This has helped me in life, and helped develop different way of seeing things, for example, my job. ... All the job I had in the past, and current, this is a quality that my managers commend me of – coming to work with a good attitude. ... Having a job is not all about the money, we can meet great people at our work places, either as customers, or as fellow associates. ...

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Mariah had many jobs but they didn't last long. She held jobs as a coat-check girl, a hair sweeper in a beauty salon (which she quit after two days when the manager wanted to change her name to echo), and a waitress. ... But in reality she still had to pay rent and she was running ragged with a full schedule of demo sessions and backup gigs for Brenda K. ...

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My Friend, Ryan One day before graduation and I was ready. At graduation practice, we did the usual, stand up, and sit down, boring stuff. Afterwards, everyone in the class got together and signed yearbooks and talked about the future. I sat with my friends Ryan and Marcus to eat. We discussed w...

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My parents quit their perfect jobs and me and my sister left all our friends behind us. ... I wasn't really paying attention, but what the question was interesting to me he asked us where we are going to live in the United States. Wow, that was too much, then he asked my dad about his job and some future plans. ...

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